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Colorado Springs, CO jobs and wages
Who works here, what they earn, and which industries carry the local economy — Census ACS estimates for the city itself, not the wider metro.
Quick answer
Workers in Colorado Springs, CO earn a median of $44,792 a year, 0% above the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 5.5% against 5.2% nationally, and education, health care & social assistance is the largest employer at 24.1% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $44,792#34 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 5.5%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 68.8%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 239,483Civilian employed, age 16+
What Colorado Springs does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Education, health care & social assistance24.1%
- Professional, scientific & management14.8%
- Retail trade11.3%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food9.3%
- Finance, insurance & real estate7.7%
- Construction7.1%
- Manufacturing6.1%
- Other services, except public administration5.7%
- Public administration5.1%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities4.1%
- Information2.6%
- Wholesale trade1.4%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining0.6%
Related data for Colorado Springs
Earnings only mean something next to what things cost.
Tables B23025, B20002 and C24030, 2019-2023 ACS 5-year. Industry shares combine the male and female columns of C24030 and are rounded, so they may not total exactly 100%.
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